Package com.ibm.icu.impl.duration

Class BasicDurationFormat

java.lang.Object

java.text.Format

com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

com.ibm.icu.text.DurationFormat

com.ibm.icu.impl.duration.BasicDurationFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class BasicDurationFormat
extends DurationFormat

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.text.Format

Format.Field

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BasicDurationFormat()
BasicDurationFormat(ULocale locale)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
StringBuffer	format(Object object, StringBuffer toAppend, FieldPosition pos)	Format an arbitrary object.
String	formatDuration(Object obj)	JDK 1.5+ only
String	formatDurationFrom(long duration, long referenceDate)	Formats a duration expressed in milliseconds from a reference date.
String	formatDurationFromNow(long duration)	Formats a duration expressed in milliseconds.
String	formatDurationFromNowTo(Date targetDate)	Formats the duration between now and a target date.
static BasicDurationFormat	getInstance(ULocale locale)

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.DurationFormat

parseObject

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.icu.text.UFormat

getLocale

Methods inherited from class java.text.Format

clone, format, formatToCharacterIterator, parseObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicDurationFormat

public BasicDurationFormat()

BasicDurationFormat

public BasicDurationFormat(ULocale locale)

Method Detail

getInstance

public static BasicDurationFormat getInstance(ULocale locale)

format

public StringBuffer format(Object object,
                           StringBuffer toAppend,
                           FieldPosition pos)

Description copied from class: DurationFormat

Format an arbitrary object. Defaults to a call to formatDurationFromNow() for either Long or Date objects.

Specified by:

format in class DurationFormat

Parameters:

object - the object to format. Should be either a Long, Date, or javax.xml.datatype.Duration object.

toAppend - the buffer to append to

pos - the field position, may contain additional error messages.

Returns:

the toAppend buffer

formatDurationFrom

public String formatDurationFrom(long duration,
                                 long referenceDate)

Description copied from class: DurationFormat

Formats a duration expressed in milliseconds from a reference date.

The reference date allows formatters to use actual durations of variable-length periods (like months) if they wish.

The duration is expressed as the number of milliseconds in the past (negative values) or future (positive values) with respect to a reference date (expressed as milliseconds in epoch).

Specified by:

formatDurationFrom in class DurationFormat

Parameters:

duration - the duration in milliseconds

referenceDate - the date from which to compute the duration

Returns:

the formatted time

formatDurationFromNow

public String formatDurationFromNow(long duration)

Description copied from class: DurationFormat

Formats a duration expressed in milliseconds.

This is a convenience method that calls formatDurationFrom using the current system time as the reference date.

Specified by:

formatDurationFromNow in class DurationFormat

Parameters:

duration - the duration in milliseconds

Returns:

the formatted time

formatDurationFromNowTo

public String formatDurationFromNowTo(Date targetDate)

Description copied from class: DurationFormat

Formats the duration between now and a target date.

This is a convenience method that calls formatDurationFrom(long, long) using now as the reference date, and the difference between now and targetDate.getTime() as the duration.

Specified by:

formatDurationFromNowTo in class DurationFormat

Parameters:

targetDate - the ending date

Returns:

the formatted time

formatDuration

public String formatDuration(Object obj)

JDK 1.5+ only

Parameters:

obj - Object being passed.

Returns:

The PeriodFormatter object formatted to the object passed.

See Also:

"http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/xml/datatype/Duration.html"